Originally Posted by
quilt queen 2
Converted to gallon from liters we paid $625 a gallon here !!
I sure hope you missed a decimal point!
I knew gas was expensive in Ontario, but...
Originally Posted by
BellaBoo
I think alternative fuel will be much more expensive. It's an economic puzzle that may never be solved.
The price of a barrel of oil is way lower than it's often been in the past 10 years, yet fuel is at its most expensive in years, if not -the- most expensive. This isn't an economic puzzle, it's a problem of greed. They can charge less for it, but why would they? They've been getting us used to the higher prices for years, now that we are, what are we going to do about it?
Here's something to consider:
Is fuel at the stations paid for before or after it's used? I mean the stuff the trucks are delivering to the station.
My "guess" is that it's paid for on the spot. If that's the case, why does the price go up everywhere at once? Why wouldn't it go up when the gas truck showed up with the new price?
Competition. They don't want competition lowering the prices. (not unlike Apple, and other companies like that)
The higher the price of gas, the more taxes the government makes on it. They have no incentive to "Step in", even if they could affect it.
The far reaching effect though is what a lot of governments and companies (and people) don't see:
The cost of fuel affects the trucking companies, the airlines, and the boats that bring everything to us. Every single part of our lives is affected by the price of gas: grocery prices, the price of building materials for our houses, the price of fabric. Everything. The higher the gas prices, the higher the price to get it to you, or the store you go to to buy it.
The cost of living has to increase. The minimum wage has to go up, even if people don't drive.
And the gas boycott days? They don't scare the oil companies. They know you'll buy tomorrow because your tank is still empty, and you have to go to work / the quilt shop / grocery store, etc.
It's unfair business practices. Pure and simple.
Originally Posted by
lynnie
what bugs me is a report a read about 5 yrs ago, that we have more oil under north and so Dakota then we know what to do with and we just wont get it out. oil would be so cheap here. oh well....
In Alberta, a huge part of our economy is tied to gas and oil. It's a -little- cheaper here than in other parts of the country, but not so much that you'd say, "Gee, thank goodness we drill it ourselves." The problem has a lot to do with greedy middlemen. For instance, we're at about $4.61 a US gallon or $5.54 to a UK gallon ($1.219/liter)